How To Install emacs25-nox on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-nox on Ubuntu 18.04. emacs25-nox is GNU Emacs editor (without GUI support)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-nox on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is emacs25-nox

emacs25-nox is:

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains a version of Emacs compiled without support for X, and provides only a text terminal interface.

There are three methods to install emacs25-nox on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install emacs25-nox Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-nox using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs25-nox

Install emacs25-nox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-nox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emacs25-nox

Install emacs25-nox Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs25-nox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs25-nox

How To Uninstall emacs25-nox on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the emacs25-nox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs25-nox

Uninstall emacs25-nox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emacs25-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs25-nox

Remove emacs25-nox Configurations and Data

To remove emacs25-nox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs25-nox

Remove emacs25-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emacs25-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs25-nox

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs25-nox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.